Before the zombie genre became the omnipresent (and toothless) beast that we now face daily, filmmaker Edgar Wright put a darkly comedic perspective on the realm of the undead with Shaun of the Dead. Shaun, now a cult classic, masterfully mixes terror, gross-out comedy, and desert-dry gags for a unique experience.

Wright's skill is that he simulates the shuffling zombie invasion with a tone that is equally lifeless (pan). Of course, Shaun also has some broad physical humor and memorable set pieces that the cast-which includes Simon Pegg and Nick Frost-pulls off flawlessly.

Under Wright's direction, Shaun of the Dead stuffs every scene with so many little, humorous touches that it's difficult to notice them all in a single watching. This is a rare geek favorite that lives up to the hype.

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IMDb: 7.9
Genres: Comedy, Horror

Kung Fu Hustle is a comical take on some of the most famous and well-known martial arts films of all time. Our protagonist Sing, played by writer and director Stephen Chow, is fighting to live an honest life in 1940s China. Sing, on the other hand, is dissatisfied with his status in the world and decides to join the Axe Gang, one of Shanghai's most brutal gangs. Sing is put to the test by the Axe Gang in the film, and he is forced to choose his fate.

Kung Fu Hustle was the largest foreign film in the United States in 2005, and it received a Golden Globe nomination.

Given the film's humorous nature, we've seldom heard reviews this enthusiastic about a movie like Kung Fu Hustle, but we believe the film is more than deserving of that rating. It's fantastic, extremely nice! It's also amusing, especially if you like classic martial arts movies.

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IMDb: 7.8
Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy

The Hangover happens when Doug (Justin Bartha) goes to Las Vegas with his closest friends Phil and Stu (Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms) and his future brother-in-law Alan (Zach Galifianakis) two days before his wedding for a blow-out bachelor party they swear they'll never forget.

The three groomsmen, however, can't remember anything when they wake up the next morning with crushing headaches. Their opulent hotel suite is in shambles, and the groom is nowhere to be seen. With no idea what occurred and little time to spare, the three must try to retrace their stupid decisions from the night before to figure out where things went wrong in the hopes of finding Doug and returning him to L.A. in time for his wedding. But the more they discover, the more they understand how much danger they truly are in.

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IMDb: 7.7
Genres: Comedy

Superbad follows two closest friends, Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera), as they make the most of their final days as high school students. This involves utilizing phony IDs to buy booze to create a massive home party that will go down in history. Things take an unpleasant turn when they run across two officers who make it their mission to teach them what a "good time" really looks like. It blends raucous comedy with touching passages about friendship and maturation, which may explain why the film is still popular over 14 years later.

Greg Mottola was in charge of the film's direction (Keeping Up with the Joneses). Rogen collaborated on the script with Evan Goldberg (This Is the End), with executive producers Judd Apatow (Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile), and Shauna Robertson (Pineapple Express).

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IMDb: 7.6
Genres: Comedy

Kick-Ass is a 2010 action comedy based on the comics by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.

Dave Lizewski is a regular high school student and a great admirer of comic books with one burning question: why hasn't anyone ever tried to be a superhero in real life before? After being robbed, the issue becomes an obsession, and he decides to answer it by becoming one himself. He buys a wetsuit and a diving mask and attempts to fight crime.

It doesn't go so well.

He eventually learns and improves, with a little help from a more experienced pair of vigilantes, a father-daughter duo dedicated to tracking down the Big Bad. Along the way, it manages to demolish almost every superhero stereotype in an attempt to answer the question, "What would happen if someone without special talents sought to be a superhero?".

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IMDb: 7.6
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Zombieland is a 2009 American zombie comedy movie directed by Ruben Fleischer and written through Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The movie follows a geeky university student (Jesse Eisenberg) as he navigates a post-apocalyptic zombie apocalypse, assembly 3 strangers (Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin) alongside the manner and taking a prolonged avenue experience throughout the Southwestern United States on the lookout for a zombie-unfastened sanctuary.

The authors of Zombieland did not "do it first," but they did it very well. Zombieland, like another title on our list, twisted and flipped its own genre on its head. It starred Woody Harrelson in a genuinely career-changing performance.

It also catapulted Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin to fame. The appearance by Bill Murray, on the other hand, was the moment that really made this picture. It was maybe the best cinematic sequence in any zombie film ever.

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IMDb: 7.6
Genres: Action, Comedy, Horror

50/50 is an original narrative about friendship, love, survival, and finding comedy in unexpected places, inspired by a true story. In this new comedy directed by Jonathan Levine from written by Will Reiser, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen play best friends whose lives are transformed by a cancer diagnosis.

50/50 is the story of a man's transforming and, at times, the hilarious road to health, pulling its emotional core from Will Reiser's personal experience with cancer and reminding us that friendship and love, no matter how strange the turns they take, are the finest cures.

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IMDb: 7.6
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Edgar Wright co-wrote, produced, and directed Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, a 2010 romantic action comedy film based on Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim comic novel series. It stars Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim, a slacker musician who is battling the seven nasty exes of his current love Ramona Flowers, played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, while simultaneously trying to win a competition to acquire a record deal.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) incorporates well-known elements of its Toronto location, as well as images from video games and comic books. It based each fictitious band in the battle of the band's narrative on genuine musical musicians, such as Beck and Metric, with some of the actors also performing. The complex visual effects were created using a combination of digital and traditional processes.

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IMDb: 7.5
Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Juno, a 2007 coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody, might be a coming-of-age comedy-drama. Elliot Page[a] plays the title character, a self-assured adolescent confronted with an unexpected pregnancy and the events that follow, which force adult life expectations on her.

Juno won Best Original Screenplay and was nominated for three other prizes, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Page, who is just 20 years old (the fifth-youngest nominee within the category). The film's soundtrack, which featured several songs sung by Kimya Dawson in many guises, was the first to reach number one since Dreamgirls and Fox Searchlight's debut.

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IMDb: 7.4
Genres: Comedy, Drama

"Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" (or just Borat) is a mockumentary film directed by Larry Charles and starring Sacha Baron Cohen that was released in 2006. Baron Cohen plays Borat Sagdiyev, a fake Kazakhstani journalist who goes to the United States to produce a documentary that includes real-life encounters with Americans. Borat interviews and interacts with real-life Americans who presume he is a foreigner with little or no understanding of American culture for most of the film.

"Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" received critical and commercial acclaim; it cost $18 million to produce and earned $262 million worldwide.

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IMDb: 7.3
Genres: Comedy